Forklift Operator - 12hr.Night Shift - $22.65/hr. - $24.00/hr.

Graham Packaging Company•Tolleson, AZ

3d•$23 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

Graham Packaging Company is hiring a Forklift Operator in Tolleson, Arizona, for a night shift from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. on a 3/2/3 schedule. The stated pay range is $22.65–$24.00 per hour. The role combines product handling and lift-truck operation to transport, stack, and store work-in-process and finished goods, supply production lines with materials, and move finished goods to warehouse locations. The operator completes line-driver and finished-goods reports, maintains accurate records, and helps keep production lines supplied and operating smoothly. The position may require limited travel. The operator follows safety, health, quality, GMP, and company procedures; inspects and maintains lift trucks and batteries; handles production scrap and packaging materials; and communicates inventory, equipment, and production issues to supervisors and warehouse personnel. The role also includes checking finished pallets for quality, participating in inventory counts and improvement activities, and relieving downstream and production teammates for breaks and lunches. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance; access to the company 401(k) Employee Saving Plan; participation in the Employee Wellness Program; and paid time off in accordance with company policy and state law.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 year of forklift experience is preferred.
Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.
Computer usage and typing skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
Ability to work independently and complete assignments within provided instructions, routines, and accepted practices.
Ability to communicate facts and information clearly.
Ability to collaborate, contribute to group objectives, and proactively help others.

Responsibilities

Follow established safety, health, quality, GMP, and company policies, procedures, and recognized practices.
Inspect the lift truck and battery, report malfunctions or damage, change batteries and add water when needed, record battery changes, and complete lift-truck status and safety checklists.
Review the daily production schedule with the Shift Supervisor and supply production lines with needed materials, notifying the supervisor when supplies are running low.
Move finished goods from production lines to assigned warehouse locations and provide warehouse personnel with accurate information about materials unloaded, used, and produced.
Complete accurate and legible line-driver reports and other required records, including materials, quantities, locations, and finished-goods reports or worksheets.
Remove, store, and unitize production scrap bales; notify warehouse personnel when a full load is ready; remove excess corrugated material and transport bales to assigned warehouse locations.
Store finished goods and materials on hold in assigned locations, stack finished goods neatly and at proper heights, and verify that finished goods have product-code tags.
Participate in physical inventory taking and continuous quality-improvement projects and related activities as assigned.
Supply production lines with knockdown cases, dividers, pallets, and other packaging materials; take full pallets to the warehouse and return unused cases and dividers to their proper locations.
Perform related production-support tasks, including handling glue and color concentrate, replacing cold-glue totes, moving slip sheets and excess cases, loading storage racks with gaylords, setting up rework and product on hold for quality control, and relieving stock handlers.
Load and unload corrugated trailers and identify and isolate acceptable and unacceptable corrugated material.
Follow procedures for damaged finished goods and raw materials and report damage on line-driver reports.
Communicate shift and machine totals, inventory levels, damaged materials or skids, and other changes or problems to supervisors and other lift-truck operators.
Relieve downstream teammates and production-line employees for breaks and lunches.
Move finished-product pallets to stretch-wrap machines, staging areas, or specified warehouse locations.
Maintain supplies of corrugated and other packaging materials at each machine.
Visually inspect completed pallets for quality and conformity with packaging instructions.
Assist with stock-handler duties or trailer loading when production is limited.
Maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance and provide effective communication and cooperation with coworkers and internal and external contacts.